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tit ti Ti lit HUGH PURDY, OF BELFAST, IRELAND.

TOY BUILDING BLOCK.

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To all 107mm- 1'! /nag/ can earn Be it known that I, Home Poem; a subject of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, residing at Belfast, Ireland. have invented certain new and useful Improvements Relating to Toy Building Blocks oi which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to toy building blocks its object being to provide improve ments in connection with corner blocks.

Under my invention adjoining corner blocks are locked or keyed against horizontal dis-- placement by a rod which passes through a vertical hole in each corner block. each corner block having also a 'ertical groove at one end adapted to engage with the tongue oi a tongued and grooved wall block in the same vertical plane the corner l')lOCl T he Yer-- tical hole in the corner block is preferably in the same plane as the vertical groove therein. 7

I will now describe my invention with reference to the accompanying drawings whereon I Fig. 1 is an isometric view oi a rorner block made in accordance with the invention.

Fig. 2 is a plan View of a corner of wall showing the corner hloclts in position.

Fig. 3 is an elevation looking in the direction of the arrow :0 Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is an outside view of the corner Specification 01: Letters Patent.

Application filed March 13,

1920. Serial No. 365,575.

looking Fi in the direction of. the arrow 3/ other and arranged with their grooved ends eng-i mg he tongues 0 of the wall blocks at alternate ides of the corner. li lavin; now "fully described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is '11s a new article of manufacture a toy hnilding corner hloclt comprising a paralleh epiped slotted at one end and having a hole therethrongh in the same plane as the slot located a distance from the end equal to half the width of the block whereby the bloc I is made available for any corner position in erecting a toy building. I

in testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HUGH PURDY, lVitnesses .stnnnnw HAMILTON,

HARRY WALTER ALLsoP.

Patented Arn t, 19226 The corner blOlltS 

